Monday, June 19, 2017

First 10K & 5K of 2017 Season

Why is it that people never take t heir own advice? Every season of coaching Girls on the Run, I tell the girls they cannot compare races to other races. You can't compare Apples to Oranges. Every race is different even if they are all 3.1 miles or 140.6 miles - there are hills, flat roads, heat, cold, wind, feeling bad that day, lack of sleep, life stress - every race is different. Yet for some reason I have trouble taking my own advice...I realize that's very shocking to everyone reading!

The first two races of The Summer Of Speed are under my belt and I'm ready to get faster as the summer goes on. BUT, big but here, I recently found out I have a bunion which doesn't sound all that terrible but it's actually quite painful. So much so that I thought I had a hairline fracture or something in my foot. When my favorite Physical Therapist, Lawrence of Edge Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine (shameless plug for my amazing Non-Lesbian Life Partner's PT office!) told me I had a bunion I told him he was wrong - aren't those for old ladies? Like really old ladies? Turns out, not so much. Since then I've been trying some things are home to get my foot to feel better - it's kind of working but we'll see.

Two weekends ago I did NYRR Mini 10K - my foot hurt from the first step so I knew it wasn't going to be pretty. It was also the very first hot day, it's been a pretty cold Spring so far. I vowed once a long time ago to never complain about the heat - I love the summer, I HATE HATE HATE the winter so I never complain about any temp being too high but it does affect running when you are not used to it. But the real issue was my foot hurt so it wasn't great but Wendy and I stayed together and got it done. I figured it was best to start the season off with my slowest run so I can get faster as the summer goes on....not a real plan but it is now!

I will admit I was expecting worse so not a terrible start to The Summer of Speed!

That's funny - it doesn't look like you are in any pain?

I can find GOTR girls anywhere I go!

Yesterday was my first 5K of The Summer of Speed and I got to do this one with my sisters! It was great fun but again wasn't sure how it was going to turn out. I decided to run on feel rather than using my watch and it went well until mile 3 - I was able to run pretty fast (for me) and then it blew up but that's fine bc at least I know how far to push things. Even the last mile, although slower, wasn't terrible.